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After more than 10 years and 300+ games, yesterday was my last. A mixture of abuse, and no longer being a good enough referee prompted me to hang my whistle up. No going back, shirts and boots in the bin. The golf course now beckons.

Admittedly my mum's a Saints fan, but that's a clear foul by Walker, I would love to know why John Moss changed his mind.

Sin bin a player for dissent, show him a YC and point to the side of the fop. He then shows you more dissent so you show him a second YC for dissent. Off he goes. He can't come back but a sub can (he had not previously been YC'ed). Can the sub come on after 10 or is it 20 minutes?? Ta

Please settle an argument... Ball going in the goal, player uses his hand, ball stays in play and a goal is then scored from the rebound. Red or yellow for the defender?

Hi all, I have not refereed much in the last 18 months due to covid, etc, and would like to do an online refresher. Anyone recommend a food resource, preference for something online/interactive. Ta

I have done two games since the restart and both have been dogged by issues with hand ball. The pitches in Kent are bone hard, the ball is bouncing about all over the place and poor footballers, I am getting all sorts of grief and loss of match control over constantly disputed hand balls. The...

Today...ball played up to the red centre forward. The blue centre half comes in with a very hard tackle, clearly plays the ball but in the contact the centre forward gets a nasty gash on his leg. Totally accidental. The red team screaming for me to sanction, how can I if it was a fair, if albeit...

I'm sure that this has been covered elsewhere. Player shows dissent in the warm up. Presumably you just show him a non-sinbin yellow card??

Firstly, what a thoroughly miserable day here in Kent, all football off. Some thoughts please.... I am finding that the first half of games is going really well, but the second half, it all tends to go pear-shaped. Yesterday was a good example. I refereed a league semi final with two good...

Player shows dissent so you call him over and take name, etc and tell him he is off to the sin bin. He then shows further dissent. What do you do? Show him another card, Sin bin him for 20 minutes and tell him a substitute will have to replace him when the 20 minutes is up?

What ever happened to him? I packed this site in because he was such an arsehole.

I would welcome people's views on the above. As far as dissent is concerned, I don't us it at all. I tried when I first started refereeing, but found it made no difference. I now sanction dissent immediately, no one gets a chance to call me an 'idiot' and get away with it. No second chance, C2...

1. Red v Blue. Red fouls blue, ball goes free, another blue player gets the loose ball, I shout "Advantage, play on" with appropriate signal. He knocks it, first time, forward to a blue forward who is offside. Take the offside IDFK to red, or come back to the original foul and give a DFK to...

New amendment... it is not usually an offence if the ball touches a player’s hand/arm: directly from the player’s own head or body (including the foot) Does this mean that in the instance where the sort of footballer I referee on a Sunday, goes to control the ball and it bounces off his knee...

Dreadful tackle just now, straight red all day long.

I did a schools game yesterday and towards the end of the game, while my back was turned, one of the away team spat at one of the home players, it landed on his back. The home team were suitably incensed and I had to break up some handbags. I didn't see it, I spoke at length to the probable...

I did an u17's school game yesterday. When the away team turned up, I was told by their manager that they play in black and had informed the home team of the fact. I was not told, so turned up in my usual black kit, I have no change of colours, so I was faced with the ignominy of refereeing in a...

Does anyone else have the same problem when after added cautions/dismissals, the system says 'generating reports' and does not allow you to download a PDF version?

In had one of those games yesterday. Most annoying was the constant questioning of decisions by the captain. Never offensive or showing obvious dissent, but a 'tactic' and bloody annoying. I sent him off in the end for a second yellow for dissent when he crossed the line, but should probably...

I always find this a difficult to judge. Two players running for the ball together, when does shoulder-to-shoulder cross the line and become a barge?? Any help would be appreciated.